Affinity:Chaos

The exit of the rocky canyons. A youth dressed in black could be seen walking out of the path. The youth had a big smile on his face, clearly happy for some reason.

Grey was in a great mood, he still remembers how gloomy he was when he entered the canyon. "Who knew this canyon was such a wonderful place" a wide grin spread across his face.

After he woke the unconscious men, he asked them to lead him to their hideout. When they got to the hideout, Grey realized the hideout wasn't far from where he met them, it was only about two hundred and fifty meters from there.

The hideout was well hidden which would help the bandits go unnoticed if people came in search of them. There were chairs, tables, and even beds. It was nicely decorated and felt comfortable to live in. The bandits were living comfortably in the canyon, they must have robbed a lot of people since they could afford all this.

He still remembered how stunned the bandits were when he told them to take out all their money. When they brought out the money they had with them, Grey found two gold coins, he estimated there were over one thousand silver coins, with copper coins taking the majority.

A single gold coin was equivalent to one hundred silver coins. This was a huge fortune for the current Grey. If he had a single gold coin, he would have been able to get a horse and travel at a more comfortable pace.

He took both of the gold coins, and also took all the silver coins. Grey left the copper coins with them since he didn't want to completely wreck them. And besides carrying so many copper coins would be stressful.

"I'm such a nice person" The leader almost fainted when he heard Grey make this remark.

If Grey had seen these copper coins earlier, there was no way he would have thought of going through the canyons. But now since he was rich, he held the copper coins in disdain.

"This is a really nice profession, no wonder lots of people engage in it," said Grey with a multitude of emotions.

He suddenly felt intoxicated with how quickly he was able to make money.

"I can't go around robbing people though," Grey said thoughtfully. He was contemplating about it.

"Forget it, I'm rich for now and that's all that matters. I'll try to hunt some magical beast and sell their cores" Grey discarded the thought of robbing.

Willow City is bustling. Being the only city close to the Misty Mountain, it became the resting ground for adventurers who wanted to go into the mountain.

Grey was currently sitting in a restaurant having a wonderful meal. He came to this restaurant for two reasons, first, he wanted to eat something nice after 'earning' money. Second, he wanted to know what was going on in the mountain.

This was the perfect place to find out what was going on since a lot of people come here to dine. And just as expected, he heard a major event took place in the Misty Mountain.

"Even an Origin Plane powerhouse was killed," a man said in a bewildered voice. Due to him suddenly raising his voice, he attracted attention from the people around them.

Grey shifted his gaze to where the voice came from. Two men who were eating close to his table were having an animated conversation.

"Yes. He trespassed into the territory of the Lord of the mountain and was killed immediately by the beast. The others were lucky to escape" the man opposite him said.

"But we all know the Lord of the mountain attacks intruders on sight, why would they even venture there when they knew they weren't a match for the beast?" the first man said.

"I heard it was because of a natural treasure. They accidentally noticed traces of it, and tracked it there" the second man said.

"A natural treasure?" the first man asked while a glint flashed through his eyes.

"Yes, but they refused to say the details of the treasure. But they said it hadn't completely formed yet. I heard they're forming a party to once again head back into the depths of the mountain" the second man said.

When the surrounding people heard what they were saying, they all shook their heads in disappointment, since their Planes were too low to be involved in that kind of struggle.

"Hello Mister, can you please tell me what part of the mountain did the treasure appeared in?" Grey went up to them and asked.

The man who was just speaking earlier didn't show any response. When Grey noticed this, he placed a silver coin on the table. The man was surprised when he saw the silver coin, he quickly kept it before telling Grey what he knew.

Grey left the restaurant after acquiring the information he wanted, 'Luckily I'm headed to the northern part of the mountain'.

Grey found out from the man that the treasure appeared in the southern part of the mountain. The reason he asked of this was to know if he was headed in the same direction as to where the treasure appeared.

He planned on quitting the mission if the treasure was also located in the northern part of the forest since he had no plans of seeking death.

The Lord of the Misty Mountain is said to already have half a step into the Overlord Plane, if it is able to get the treasure, its chances of breaking through would be increased greatly.

Grey headed over to the mountain. Because of this unexpected event, he wanted to finish his mission as soon as possible so he could get out of the mountain.

Grey noticed a lot of people heading into the mountain, some are in groups, while others are alone. From the looks of where they were headed, it wasn't hard to guess they were all going towards the southern part of the mountain.

What shocked Grey the most, was the fact that the majority of the people headed in that direction were still in the Arcane Plane. These were people who were going to see if they might be lucky to obtain the treasure.

Although they knew it was dangerous, they still headed there like moths attracted to flames. Many of them will probably not return from this journey, some might not even reach their destination since there were still magical beasts in the Origin Plane at the mountain.

Grey didn't think too much about them and headed into the mountain. He planned on training his techniques, so he could use them faster. If he had been able to use a technique immediately, he wouldn't have been put in such a bad spot by the bandits during the battle.

He also planned on also training with his blades to have a better understanding of them. He went deeper into the mountain since the beast at the outer region wasn't worth his time.